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  • From: "Elaine Granata" <elainegranata AT msn.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?
  • Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:00:05 -0600

Pat/All: Thanks for the reminder about the Rodale price list. My problem is that in Denver there isn't anything close enough to be pertinent and there are lots of veggies that I grow that aren't on there.

Elaine
Denver
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Meadows" <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?


On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:34:00 -0400, you wrote:

I'm working on a cost/price analysis for a local co-ops farm and it got me
wondering how most small farms determine their prices. Do you factor
expenses and costs that go into the product? Do you generally follow the
average market price? Do you factor in organic/local/no chemical into the
price?

I further started thinking about some sort of online survey- or a website-
where local farmers could go to get average prices in their region and for
the country. What do heirloom tomatoes sell for this year? How much does
mixed green go per pound? Would this be helpful?

Let me know how you figure out your selling prices? I'm very curious.


See: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/Organic-Price-Report

This is a report on (specifically) organic produce, but maybe it will be of
some use to you.

Pat
-- North-Central Pennsylvania, USA
www.meadows.pair.com/articleindex.html

The world has enough for everyone's need,
but not enough for everyone's greed.

Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.


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